joining us capitol hill correspondent luke russert. luke, tell us what this means. are we seeing an end to the filibuster? >> well, you're not going to see an end to the filibuster in everything, alex, but what you see specifically here now harry reid p, a word used too much by the media, went nuclear. what passed on the senate floor is the ability for the president's judicial nominations to have an up or down vote on the floor all those with the exception of supreme court nominees. basically what harry reid is trying to do is allow judges who republicans blocked to the d.c. circuit court to move forward. some democrats did vote against this. carl levin of michigan, an outspoken opponent of the nuclear option as well as joe manchin and pryor, two red state democrats. harry reid was able to get the majority. tending to distract from the presidented health care law, this is unprecedented. mitch mcconnell earlier saying they will be sorry they did this. hint hint, someday when we get power again. moving forward, alex, new rule of the united states senate in terms of ho